3 Part History of Western Painting as Seen from Manhattan Culture means nothing else than that this substance gives itself its own self-consciousness, brings about its own inherent process and its own reflection into self. Hegel, The Phenomenology of Spirit (1807)
A coke is a coke and no amount of money can get you a better coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the cokes are the same and all the cokes are good. Andy Warhol,The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975)
Painting turns back on itself. The patch of paint is increasingly the subject and object of art; “real” artists divest themselves of the kitsch of bourgeoisie culture; the art academy becomes the refuge of the inconsequential.
1917 - International Exhibition of Modern Art at the New York City National Guard Armory
1955 – Clement Greenberg’s “American Style Painting” proclaims abstract expressionism the culminating movement of western art. New York is the new center of world art.
1962 – Andy Warhol opens the The Factory; shot by Valerie Solanas (1968)
1979 – Sex Pistol’s Sid Vicious overdoses in the Chelsea Hotel after arrest for killing (?) Nancy Spungen..
3. Remonetization of the Figural (1980 - 2008)
Globalization of all markets. Maoism replaced by “To Be Rich is Glorious.” Any style is possible and profitable; return of Andy (briefly); hegemony of the MFA program.
When Lehman Brothers, with its 158-year history as a pillar of finance, vaporized in a bankruptcy filing last year, one asset it left behind was its art collection. Assembled over many years, it's a wide-ranging selection of works, including signed prints from big names like Robert Rauschenberg, Louise Bourgeois and Roy Lichtenstein, along with others from lesser-known artists.
When the collection hits the auction block on Sunday in Philadelphia, proceeds will go to pay creditors, but they won't be throwing any ticker tape parades about being made whole. Like so much else about the Lehman legacy, the collection turns out not to be worth much. Freeman's Auctioneers & Appraisers estimates that the 283 lots for sale are worth about $750,000 in total.
Lehman has some artistic background. Its former and final CEO, Richard Fuld and his wife, Kathy, were known as avid art collectors. Mrs. Fuld sits on the board of trustees at New York's Museum of Modern Art. In November 2008, the couple auctioned 16 postwar drawings from their personal collection at Christie's, including pieces by Arshile Gorky and Willem de Kooning. The sale fetched $13.5 million, less than the auction house's pre-sale estimate of $15 million, but certainly not shabby.
Culture means nothing else than that this substance gives itself its own self-consciousness, brings about its own inherent process and its own reflection into self.
Hegel, The Phenomenology of Spirit (1807)
A coke is a coke and no amount of money can get you a better coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the cokes are the same and all the cokes are good.
Table of Contents
1. Monetization of the Figural (15th – 18th century)
2. Epistemic Crisis (19th - 20th century)
3. Remonetization of the Figural (1980 - 2008)
4. ??????
By CANDACE JACKSON
- OCTOBER 30, 2009
When Lehman Brothers, with its 158-year history as a pillar of finance, vaporized in a bankruptcy filing last year, one asset it left behind was its art collection. Assembled over many years, it's a wide-ranging selection of works, including signed prints from big names like Robert Rauschenberg, Louise Bourgeois and Roy Lichtenstein, along with others from lesser-known artists.When the collection hits the auction block on Sunday in Philadelphia, proceeds will go to pay creditors, but they won't be throwing any ticker tape parades about being made whole. Like so much else about the Lehman legacy, the collection turns out not to be worth much. Freeman's Auctioneers & Appraisers estimates that the 283 lots for sale are worth about $750,000 in total.
Lehman has some artistic background. Its former and final CEO, Richard Fuld and his wife, Kathy, were known as avid art collectors. Mrs. Fuld sits on the board of trustees at New York's Museum of Modern Art. In November 2008, the couple auctioned 16 postwar drawings from their personal collection at Christie's, including pieces by Arshile Gorky and Willem de Kooning. The sale fetched $13.5 million, less than the auction house's pre-sale estimate of $15 million, but certainly not shabby.
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